dc.contributor.author | World Health Organization | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-02-27T15:54:35Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-02-27T15:54:35Z | |
dc.date.copyright | 2010 | |
dc.date.issued | 2010 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Solar O, Irwin A. A conceptual framework for action on the social determinants of health. Social Determinants of Health Discussion
Paper 2 (Policy and Practice). | |
dc.identifier.isbn | 978-92-4-150085-2 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://resources.equityinitiative.org/handle/ei/78 | |
dc.description | A first draft of this paper was prepared for the May 2005 meeting of the Commission on Social Determinants of Health held in Cairo. In the course of discussions the members and the Chair of the CSDH contributed substantive insights and recommended
the preparation of a revised draft, which was completed and submitted to the CSDH in 2007. The authors of this paper are Orielle Solar and Alec Irwin. | |
dc.description | The Discussion Paper Series on Social Determinants of Health provides a forum for sharing knowledge on how to tackle the social
determinants of health to improve health equity. Papers explore themes related to questions of strategy, governance, tools, and
capacity building. They aim to review country experiences with an eye to understanding practice, innovations, and encouraging
frank debate on the connections between health and the broader policy environment. Papers are all peer-reviewed. | |
dc.description.abstract | Complexity defines health. Now, more than ever, in the age of globalization, is this so. The Commission on Social Determinants of Health (CSDH) was set up by the World Health Organization (WHO) to get to the heart of this complexity. They were tasked with summarizing
the evidence on how the structure of societies, through myriad social interactions, norms and institutions, are affecting population health, and what governments and public health can do about it. To guide the Commission in its mammoth task, the WHO Secretariat conducted a review and summary of different frameworks for understanding the social determinants of health. This review was summarized and synthesized into a single conceptual framework for action on the social determinants of health which was proposed to and, largely, accepted by, the CSDH for orienting their work. A key aim of the framework is to highlight the difference between levels of causation, distinguishing between the mechanisms by which social hierarchies are created, and the conditions of daily life which then result. This paper describes the review, how the proposed conceptual framework was developed, and identifies elements of policy directions for action implied by the proposed conceptual framework and analysis of policy approaches. | |
dc.description.tableofcontents | Introduction -- Historical trajectory -- Defining core values: health equity, human rights, and distribution of power -- Previous theories and models -- CSDH conceptual framework -- Policies and interventions | |
dc.format.extent | 79 p. | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher | World Health Organization | |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Discussion Paper Series on Social Determinants of Health ; 2 | |
dc.rights | This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. | |
dc.subject | Primary health care | |
dc.subject | Health services accessibility | |
dc.subject | Health planning | |
dc.title | A conceptual framework for action on the social determinants of health | |
dc.type | Text | |
dcterms.accessRights | Restricted access | |
dc.rights.holder | World Health Organization | |
mods.genre | Book | |
schema.audience | Fellows | |